For a second straight year, Curaçao Neptunus took the title as the number one team in the Mister-Baseball Top 50. Earning the 2018 honor shouldn’t be a huge surprise as the Dutch champions captured both a domestic title and first place at Europe’s top club event, the Champions Cup, for the second straight season this year. Neptunus previously placed atop these standings in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017.

Italian champions – and bronze medal winners at the Champions Cup – Unipolsai Bologna placed second here. ASD Rimini failed to make the Serie A1 finals, but its strong performance in Italy’s regular season along with a runner-up showing at the Champions Cup was enough to finish third in these rankings. The Bonn Capitals combined a dominate regular season performance with a Bundesliga title and silver medal at the CEB Cup to snag the fourth position. It was the best ranking for a German team since 2015. Dutch runners-up L&D Amsterdam came in fifth.

Elsewhere in the standings, Belgium placed two teams in the top 20 for the first time in the history of these rankings. CEB Cup champions, K. Borgerhout Squirrels, came in at 17th, while national champion K. Deurne Spartans slotted in at 18th. BC Minsk, which finished tied for fifth at the CEB Cup, ranked 24th here. This marked the best performance by a team from Belarus to date.

As in years past, these rankings, which are now in their 11th year, are based on a combination of factors. Point totals for teams were amassed from two categories:

Strength of baseball in each club’s country: The strength of domestic leagues and the countries’ overall international success are significant factors in these rankings. To varying degrees, the elements considered include: The standing of each country’s national team in the European Championships (and qualifiers); the country’s overall performance in CEB club events; the size of the country’s baseball membership; and the number of international quality facilities in the country. In looking at country performance, both recent events and historical performance are taken into account.

Club’s performance: This is the actual performance of each club. It includes final standings in domestic leagues (and inter-league play where applicable) and cup competitions; club winning percentages; and performances in CEB-sanctioned competitions. Head-to-head performance against other teams in the rankings is taken into consideration – but it is one of many factors. In this category, a team’s performance for the 2017 season is exclusively considered.

The mix of country strength and individual team performance is intended to give a snapshot of European club play for a single year. These rankings do not attempt to offer a historic comparison of clubs and do not assert that a team ranked higher than another is a “better” team. Rather, a combination of performance and league strength reflects the ordering.

We recognize that these rankings stir debate. In part, that’s their very purpose. We do not claim this list to be definitive. If you have any questions or comments, send e-mails to rankings@mister-baseball.com.

Finally, please note, the Mister-Baseball Top 50 reflects only countries where enough data was available to calculate rankings.

]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/2018-final-standings-misterbaseball-european-top-50/feed/0Spanish Division de Honor open Gates for 2019 Seasonhttps://www.mister-baseball.com/spanish-division-de-honor-open-gates-2019-season/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/spanish-division-de-honor-open-gates-2019-season/#respondThu, 21 Mar 2019 16:23:20 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50791A couple of weeks later than usual the Spanish Division de Honor Baseball is commencing the 2019 season this coming weekend. Eight teams compete for the championship this year with the Tenerife Marlins being the defending title holder. While the Astros Valencia, Tenerife, Beisbol Navarra, CB Viladecans, CBS Barcelona, CBS Sant Boi, Miralbueno Zaragoza and San Inazio Bilbao all return, CD Pamplona is no longer in the league.

Week one features matchups between Bilbao and Sant Boi, Viladecans and Valencia, Navarra and Barcelona, as well as Tenerife and Zaragoza.

Schedule Week 1:

1ª jornada: 23-24 de marzo

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]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/spanish-division-de-honor-open-gates-2019-season/feed/0French Division I starting into 2019 Seasonhttps://www.mister-baseball.com/french-division-starting-2019-season/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/french-division-starting-2019-season/#respondThu, 21 Mar 2019 11:13:59 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50789The French Division I is opening the 2019 season this coming weekend. While the Rouen Huskies, Montpellier Barracudas, Clermont-Ferrand Arvernes and Valenciennes will be off on the first game day, the other eight teams will be on the field in week one.

The French Division I is going to a 12-team league in 2019, split into two divisions of six teams apiece. Group A includes Clermont-Ferrand, Montpellier, Rouen, Savigny, Toulouse and Valenciennes. Group B consists of La Rochelle, Metz, Montigny, Nice, Paris and Senart. The two divisions weren’t slotted geographically, but based on performance.

The regular season will be played from March 23 to June 15. Afterwards a playoff round follows with the top two advancing to the French Finals, which will be played August 17 to 25. The Rouen Huskies are the defending champions.

Schedule Week 1:

1ère journée – 23/24 mars

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Metz Cometz

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Nice Cavigal

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La Rochelle Boucaniers

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]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/french-division-starting-2019-season/feed/0Kalian Sams signs with High Point Rockers in Atlantic Leaguehttps://www.mister-baseball.com/kalian-sams-signs-high-point-rockers-atlantic-league/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/kalian-sams-signs-high-point-rockers-atlantic-league/#respondThu, 21 Mar 2019 08:00:23 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50787Dutch outfielder Kalian Sams has signed pro contract with the High Point Rockers of the Independent Atlantic League. The 32-year-old played for the Quebec Capitales in the Can Am League for the past four years. In the Dutch Hoofdklasse he suited up for L&D Amsterdam. Between 2007 and 2013 he spent seven seasons in the Minor Leagues for the Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres and Texas Rangers organizations. Since then he riding the Independent League train. The Atlantic League recently came into the headlines as they reached an agreement with Major League Baseball to test some new rules and technologies.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/kalian-sams-signs-high-point-rockers-atlantic-league/feed/0WBSC Baseball World Cup umpire Po Chun Liu earns IOC Women and Sport top awardhttps://www.mister-baseball.com/wbsc-baseball-world-cup-umpire-po-chun-liu-earns-ioc-women-sport-top-award/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/wbsc-baseball-world-cup-umpire-po-chun-liu-earns-ioc-women-sport-top-award/#respondWed, 20 Mar 2019 16:17:33 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50785Press release World Baseball Softball Confederation

NEW YORK, New York — World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Baseball World Cup® umpire Po Chun Liu was awarded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Women and Sport World Trophy, the highest distinction that the IOC bestows in the category, on Tuesday (19 March) at a dedicated awards ceremony on the side-lines of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York City, USA.

Liu, a native of Chinese Taipei, was given the IOC World Trophy as part of six “change-makers” advancing women and girls in and through sport,” the IOC said, with five others earning Continental Trophies.

Liu, known as the “Mother of Women’s Baseball” in Chinese Taipei, made her World Cup debut as an umpire at WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup 2010 in Maracay, Venezuela, and was featured in Forbes’ 2018 list of the Most Powerful Women in International Sports. She most recently was an umpire at the WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup 2018 in Viera, Florida, USA.

“It’s our responsibility to empower girls and women so they’ll realise their full potential and take charge of their lives,” Liu said in her acceptance speech. “To help a girl is to help a family.”

She began as a volunteer at the youth level, becoming the first female baseball umpire in Chinese Taipei. A full-time social worker, Liu is dedicated to creating opportunities for girls and women to be better represented in sport, organising baseball clinics and workshops in her homeland. Liu is determined to help “strike out gender discrimination”.

WBSC Vice President/IOC Member Beatrice Allen and WBSC Secretary General Ms. Beng Choo Low were in attendance at the awards ceremony jointly hosted by the IOC and the UN in New York.

WBSC Vice President and IOC Member Allen said: “Liu is a role model and source of inspiration in her homeland, for the sport of baseball, and now for the whole Olympic Movement, as she helps redefine women’s roles in sport and paves the way to unlock opportunities and a more level playing field for future generations of girls and women in sport.”

IOC President Thomas Bach released the following statement from the UN headquarters: “The Women and Sport Awards are very important because these personalities we are honouring have shown what can be achieved by empowering women and girls through sport.

“Supporting such champions for women’s empowerment is essential in our overall commitment to gender equality.

“In today’s world, no organisation or country can afford to let half of the population be left behind – either in sport or in society.”

Introduced in 2000, the IOC Women and Sport Awards are given to individuals or organisations who have made remarkable contributions to the development, encouragement and reinforcement of women’s and girls’ participation in sport, including at the administration and leadership levels.

]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/wbsc-baseball-world-cup-umpire-po-chun-liu-earns-ioc-women-sport-top-award/feed/0MLB Announces Several Changes to the Operations of the Arizona Fall Leaguehttps://www.mister-baseball.com/mlb-announces-operations-arizona-fall-league/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/mlb-announces-operations-arizona-fall-league/#respondWed, 20 Mar 2019 13:39:26 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50782Press release Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball announced a series of changes to the Arizona Fall League (AFL), the premier developmental platform administered by MLB. These modifications, which are effective immediately, include a new leadership structure, a revamped schedule that starts the season earlier, and the removal of restrictions for players whom MLB Clubs could nominate to play in the AFL.

Bill Bavasi, who has spent nearly four decades as an MLB and Club executive, will now oversee all operations of the Arizona Fall League. Bavasi is responsible for implementing all rules and regulations of the AFL, communicating directly with Clubs regarding player selections, and coordinating AFL efforts with MLB’s various business functions at the Commissioner’s Office. Bavasi, who is based out of Scottsdale, Ariz., previously served a variety of baseball operations roles, including as the Director of the MLB Scouting Bureau and General Manager of MLB Clubs (California/Anaheim Angels, 1994-1999; Seattle Mariners, 2003-2008), among other positions.

Beginning in 2019, the Arizona Fall League’s schedule will now start in mid-September, with this season launching on Tuesday, September 17th and ending on Saturday, October 26th. Additionally, the annual “Fall Stars Game” will be held on Saturday, October 12th while the AFL Championship Game will be scheduled for Sunday, October 27th. The amended timeline allows Minor League players to avoid downtime at the end of their seasons and instead transition directly into the Arizona Fall League schedule. In particular, pitchers will have the opportunity for more continuous rest in preparation for the following year’s playing schedule. The new AFL schedule more closely aligns with timing of Clubs’ traditional Instructional Leagues.

Additionally, MLB Clubs will now be able to nominate any player under contract in their organization to participate in the AFL. This change, which will offer flexibility to Clubs who may want to select a player at any level for additional development following traditional Minor or Instructional Leagues, will be evaluated following the 2019 AFL Season.

Bavasi said: “We thank MLB Clubs for their continued support of and engagement in the Arizona Fall League. By making these changes, we believe we will accomplish our three foremost goals of giving our fans an entertaining on-field product, providing a developmental service to our Clubs, and maintaining a quality and health-focused experience for our game’s brightest stars of the future.”

Since 1992, the Arizona Fall League has featured elite young players from each MLB Club (seven players per Club). Traditionally, the six-team league has played its schedule at six Greater Phoenix-area Cactus League stadiums, including Camelback Ranch-Glendale, Peoria Sports Complex, Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, Scottsdale Stadium, Sloan Park, and Surprise Stadium. In 2019, the AFL will play its 182-game schedule (30 regular season games per team, the Fall Stars Game, and the AFL Championship Game) at four of these ballparks – Camelback Ranch, Peoria Sports Complex, Salt River Fields and Sloan Park – with a return to all six venues expected for the 2020 season.

]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/mlb-announces-operations-arizona-fall-league/feed/0Heidenheim Heidekoepfe sign Andrew Campbell for 2019 Seasonhttps://www.mister-baseball.com/heidenheim-heidekoepfe-sign-andrew-campbell-2019-season/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/heidenheim-heidekoepfe-sign-andrew-campbell-2019-season/#respondWed, 20 Mar 2019 10:38:37 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50780The Heidenheim Heidekoepfe have signed 27-year-old Australian Andrew Campbell. He is supposed to succeed Mitch Nilsson as power hitter for the club, as he transferred to the Mannheim Tornados. Campbell is coming from the Brisbane Bandits, where he had 10 home runs during the 2018/2019 season in the Australian Baseball League. Campbell also will serve as hitting coach for the club.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/heidenheim-heidekoepfe-sign-andrew-campbell-2019-season/feed/0Carlos Richetti on verge to return to Nettunohttps://www.mister-baseball.com/carlos-richetti-verge-return-nettuno/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/carlos-richetti-verge-return-nettuno/#respondTue, 19 Mar 2019 12:51:38 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50773Dominican pitcher Carlos Richetti, who also has an Italian passport, is on the verge of returning to Nettuno. The 35-year-old, who is playing in Italy since 2002, would transfer from Castenaso to Nettuno. Between 2007 and 2012 he already played for Nettuno.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/carlos-richetti-verge-return-nettuno/feed/0Results Spanish Division de Honor Softball March 16 & 17, 2019https://www.mister-baseball.com/results-spanish-division-de-honor-softball-march-16-17-2019/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/results-spanish-division-de-honor-softball-march-16-17-2019/#respondTue, 19 Mar 2019 10:49:42 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50771The Spanish Division de Honor Softball already played its second game day of the 2019 season this past weekend. Ten games were on the schedule with CS Fenix Valencia, CBS Rivas and CB Viladecans Sercotel all earning sweeps. OBB Bizkorrak and CBS Sant Boi, as well as Dridma Rivas CdD against Atletico San Sebastian split their doubleheaders.

After a number of unexpected delays, the Mexico City Diablos Rojos are finally going to be able to inaugurate their brand new ballpark this coming weekend when they take on a team of San Diego Padres prospect at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helu in a two-game exhibition series. Both contests have already been been sold out for several days.

The new facility, which was funded entirely by Diablos team owner Alfredo Harp Helu, cost in the neighborhood of three billion pesos (or about US$161 million) and will have a capacity of 20,233, making it the second-largest ballpark in Mexico behind only Estadio Monterrey, which now seats 22,061 following its 2018 renovation. The original capacity of Estadio Alfredo Harp Helu was going to be closer to 13,000 permanent seats with a grass berm above the outfield providing room for a few thousand more spectators. However, it was subsequently determined that permanent seating would occupy all available areas within the ballpark, with the only grass located in the bullpens beyond the left and right field fences.

The Diablos have spent the past four summers playing home games at 5,000-seat Estadio Fray Nano after leaving Foro Sol following the 2014 season. Foro Sol had replaced Social Security Park, a 25,000-seater that opened in 1955, in 2000 and served the Diablos for 15 years. While it was certainly large enough (25,000 capacity), Foro Sol was designed as a concert venue and never a good fit for watching baseball, although the playing surface was considered good. The return of Grand Prix auto racing to Mexico City meant a remodeling of the facility that would not work for baseball.

This meant a move to Estadio Fray Nano, which is more baseball-friendly but was the smallest ballpark in the Mexican League. Fray Nano was expected to only be used for one or two seasons while the new ballpark (originally announced in 2010) was constructed but natural disasters and soil issues combined with the usual delays for such a project to require the Red Devils to remain at Fray Nano for four years.

The future is finally now for baseball in the nation’s capital, however, and president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will be on hand for Saturday’s opener. Managed by former star outfielder Victor Bojorquez, the Diablos have moved to the LMB South for 2019 and are expected to contend with the Yucatan Leones for divisional supremacy with such veterans as Japhet Amador, Ivan Terrazas, Carlos Figueroa, Cyle Hankerd, Luis Mendoza and Octavio Acosta dotting the roster. Hopes are that the Padres and manager Andy Green will bring some of their best Mexican minor leaguers, including infielders Luis Urias and Esteban Quiroz and outfielder Tirso Ornelas, to Mexico City. Quiroz spent an injury-shortened 2018 in the Boston Red Sox system before being traded to San Diego for pitcher Colten Brewer in the offseason.

WBSC’S TOP UMP WORKS WITH LMB ARBITERS AT ACADEMY

The World Baseball Softball Confederation has signed a working agreement with the Mexican League in which both organizations will exchange umpires in an attempt to bring more Mexican arbiters into the fold for future WBSC tournaments and other competitions. As part of the arrangement, the WBSC’s Director of Umpires, Gustavo Rodriguez, was recently a visitor at the LMB’s High Performance Academy near Monterrey, where he observed Liga umpires in training while consulting with his LMB counterpart, Luis Alberto Ramirez.

“I’m here partly as an observer,” Rodriguez said, “and talking to the umpires about some rules like obstruction and balks.” From what he’d seen, Rodriguez said he was satisfied with what he saw from the 52 umpires who’ll be working in both the LMB and its Class AA Academy League this summer. “Mexican umpires are among the best performers in Latin America,” he observed. “I’ve found some here that I already know but in general, they all do a good job.”

With joint work between the WBSC and LMB, Rodriguez said, he plans for more and more Mexican umpires to participate in international tournaments. One of those umpires he watched at the Academy, veteran Jair Fernandez, was in Osaka earlier this month as one of the crew for the WBSC-sanctioned Samurai Series between national teams from Japan and Mexico.

Along with the training and rules analyses with Rodriguez, the Mexican umpires also worked with a multidisciplinary team including nutritionist Adriana Aguila, psychologist Gabriela Rodriguez, physical trainer Josue Galvan and sports doctor Angel Lugo. No word on whether an opthamologist was also on hand, as some fans might suggest.

PUERTO PENASCO OUT, LIGA NORTE DOWN TO FIVE TEAMS IN 2019

The Class AA North Mexico League has already had a tough offseason, with the withdrawal from their formal league-wide affiliation agreement by the AAA Mexican League offsetting the addition of the new La Paz Delfines. La Paz became the first Baja California Sur franchise in LNM history when the loop expanded to the city after the Tecate Indios requested and received a year off to regroup financially, creating a need for a new sixth team for scheduling purposes. After all that, the Liga Norte is back down to five clubs after the Puerto Penasco Tiburones bowed out for the 2019 season in late February, also due to financial reasons. As with Tecate, Puerto Penasco owners have have stated a desire to return in 2020.

The Tiburones entered the Liga Norte in 2015 and had yet to win their first LMN pennant, but baseball is no stranger to Puerto Penasco, a resort city of 62,000 on the Gulf of California in northeastern Sonora 62 miles south of the Arizona border featuring the closest beaches to Phoenix, Tucson and Yuma. Prior to joining the Liga Norte, the Tiburones won four titles in the old Northern Sonora League (1974, 1978, 1979 and 2013), but the sport dates to at least 1960 locally. The Sharks turned in a winning record last year by going 50-45 over two halves but missed the fourth and final playoff berth by one point. Even worse, turnout for home games was sparse at Estadio Francisco Leon Garcia, an 1,850-seat facility remodeled in 2017 for 35 million pesos and one of Mexico’s relatively few ballparks sporting artificial turf. The low turnout and uncertain LMB affiliation situation ultimately proved too much for Tiburones ownership to handle.

The result of the Puerto Penasco’s pullout has been a scramble to create a schedule for a five-team league in which one team will always be taking a night off. The Liga Norte has yet to release its full docket of regular season games for 2019 but it has announced where and when home openers for each of the remaining teams will take place. The LNM season will open Tuesday, April 11 in Ensenada when the defending champion Marineros host Caborca. One night later, La Paz will make its pro baseball debut when the Delfines welcome San Luis to Estadio Arturo C. Nahl and April 13 will see the Caborca Rojos at home in Estadio Heroes de Caborca against Ensenada. After that, La Paz will be in San Luis Rio Colorado’s Estadio Andres Mena Montijo to face the Algodoneros on April 16 while the final home opener is played April 19 in San Quintin, where the Freseros take on Caborca in Estadio Dr. Miguel Valdez.

]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/baseball-mexico-monday-march-18-2019/feed/0Mannheim Tornados bring back De Wolf, add Holland, Kandilas, Salud, Marinezhttps://www.mister-baseball.com/mannheim-tornados-bring-de-wolf-add-holland-kandilas-salud-marinez/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/mannheim-tornados-bring-de-wolf-add-holland-kandilas-salud-marinez/#respondMon, 18 Mar 2019 16:40:33 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50767The Mannheim Tornados announced more transactions two weeks prior to the start into the German Baseball-Bundesliga. They are brining back Thomas De Wolf. Additionally they have signed Sam Holland, Miguel Salud, David Kandilas, Riquerdy Marinez and Christopher Ciatti. It also was revealed this past weekend that Gian Franco Rizzo will return for a third season with the Tornados. Earlier this offseason they already had added player-manager Sascha Lutz, Julius Spann, Lucas Dickman, Juan Martin, Marvin Kulinna, Mitch Nilsson and Mitchell Hillert.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/mannheim-tornados-bring-de-wolf-add-holland-kandilas-salud-marinez/feed/0L&D Amsterdam adds Southpaw from Curacaohttps://www.mister-baseball.com/ld-amsterdam-adds-southpaw-curacao/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/ld-amsterdam-adds-southpaw-curacao/#respondMon, 18 Mar 2019 14:40:09 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50765L&D Amsterdam announced this weekend that they have signed 24-year-old pitcher Johan Rifaela for the 2019 season in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. He can be used as starter or reliever. He is coming from the Santa Maria Pirates of Curacao to the Amsterdam Pirates. He was on Curacao’s roster for the World Port Tournament in previous years.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/ld-amsterdam-adds-southpaw-curacao/feed/0French Baseball and Softball Federation releases Roster for MLB Camp in Toulouse in Aprilhttps://www.mister-baseball.com/french-baseball-softball-federation-releases-roster-mlb-camp-toulouse-april/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/french-baseball-softball-federation-releases-roster-mlb-camp-toulouse-april/#respondMon, 18 Mar 2019 12:38:30 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50762The French Baseball and Softball Federation (FFBS) released a roster for their MLB Camp, which will be held from April 22 to 26, 2019 in Toulouse, France. 60 players born between 1999 and 2006 got an invite.

Roster:

]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/french-baseball-softball-federation-releases-roster-mlb-camp-toulouse-april/feed/0MLB Job: Paco Figueroa no longer Spain’s Managerhttps://www.mister-baseball.com/mlb-job-paco-figueroa-longer-spains-manager/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/mlb-job-paco-figueroa-longer-spains-manager/#respondMon, 18 Mar 2019 10:38:23 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50760The Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation (RFEBS) announced this weekend that Paco Figueroa no longer will serve as manager of the Spanish National Team. The former national team player has to step down as he got promoted to outfield/base running coach with the Major League team of the Philadelphia Phillies. He however will remain with the federation in a consultant role. A new manager will be appointed soon according to the announcement.

Swedish Eliteserie team Karlskoga Bats present two new players for the upcoming season in US-players David Brandt and Nate Green.

Speedster David Brandt played 135 college games for Castleton where he batted .337 with 109 stolen bases. In 2012, he was ranked 3rd in the country with 47 stolen bases. After college, David played two seasons in the independent Pecos League for Santa Fe Fuego where David hit .307 with 6 homeruns and 43 stolen bases in 89 games. David has also played two very succesful seasons in Austria (MVP, Gold glove shortstop, Coach of the year, 16 homeruns, 47 stolen bases and a batting average of .480).

The other new import Nate Green is just like David a player with both speed and power. Nate is a true utility player and can play all 9 positions including catcher and pitcher. He has a successful college career behind him where he played NCCA II at the University of Hawaii-Hilo and the top-rated NAIA school of Missouri Baptist. Nate batted .314 with 3 homeruns and 9 stolen bases in his last college season. After college, Nate played one season in Australia for Rockingham Rams.

Rey Vicente Anglada is the new manager of the Cuban National Baseball Team. During the 2019 international campaign, Cuba will play in the Pan American Games and WBSC Premier12

Born in 1953, nicknamed El Rey Azul (The Blue King), Anglada played second base. He performed in the Serie Nacional (1972-1982) and in the Serie Selectiva for the Industriales and other teams of the Capital City Habana. He represented Cuba in two Baseball World Cups: 1976, 1978. As a manager, he led the Industriales to back to back National Championships in 2003 and 2004. He won a third pennant in 2006 as the manager of Santiago de Cuba. He managed the National Team in 2006 and 2007. He won the Pan American Games 2007 and lost the final of the IBAF World Cup 2007 against the USA.

Anglada will work on a pre-selection of 63 players in April and May and then will lead the National Team to 15 games of the Canadian American League in June. After that, Cuba will travel to North America for the International Friendship Series against the USA Collegiate National Team, to be played from 2 to 7 July. More games will be scheduled in preparation for the Pan American Games.

In an expanded effort to grow the games of baseball and softball around the world, Little League® International and Major League Baseball have announced an expansion to their official partnership with the creation of a Joint Sponsorship Agreement. Effective immediately, Major League Baseball and Little League International will collaboratively oversee Little League Baseball and Softball’s official sponsor program. This relationship continues Little League and MLB’s combined efforts to find new ways to enhance and expand opportunities for boys and girls around the world to enjoy the benefits of playing baseball and softball. Little League International will continue to work directly with its endemic sponsors and licensees while MLB will grant official sponsorship rights to non-endemic sponsors on behalf of Little League.

“We have worked more closely with Major League Baseball over the past few years and through that experience, we have seen how collaborating on certain events and marketing programs has enhanced the experience for our millions of constituents and increased the overall value of both organizations,” said Stephen D. Keener, Little League President and Chief Executive Officer. “This cohesive effort on sponsorship initiatives will enable our joint partners to reach the baseball and softball audience from the youth level all the way to the Majors, and most importantly, provide us greater opportunities to evolve the sport for young fans and drive overall participation among children to play, enjoy, and benefit from our great game.”

Through a more closely aligned sponsorship and marketing relationship, MLB and Little League International will be able to work closer together on many youth-focused initiatives. Major League Baseball will oversee the management of sponsorship agreements for all non-endemic partnerships while Little League International will continue to oversee the sponsorship relationships with all endemic, baseball- and softball-specific agreements. Through this unique partnership, Major League Baseball will bring Little League appeal to a wider audience, driving participation in the program and further endorsing Little League as the preeminent leader in youth baseball and softball. The new agreement with Major League Baseball provides Little League International enhanced abilities to provide its thousands of local programs with direct support through grants and exceptional training and educational resources, while also finding ways to make the Little League experience affordable for every community.

“Little League International has been an enormously valuable partner in helping to grow baseball and softball participation and making deeper connections between the Little Leagues and the big leagues,” said Noah Garden, MLB Executive Vice President, Business & Sales. “This expansion of our partnership will provide important corporate and strategic partners with the opportunity to engage with the sport at all levels in an easy, one-stop fashion. Developing cohesive joint programs through the increased support of partners will provide young baseball and softball players with more ways to enjoy the sport they love to play and watch.”

With the new agreement, brands will be able to create and leverage a partnership that includes both Little League and Major League Baseball assets. Some of these include new programming opportunities for sponsors around Little League, the acquisition process of new sponsorships on behalf of Little League, the renewal discussions around existing sponsorships with Little League partners, and specific promotions and activations centered around the Little League World Series – both on-site and across digital platforms.

The Israel Softball Association, in partnership with Ayelet (the Federation of Non-Olympic Competitive Sport in Israel), organized a Baseball5 Demonstration Tournament in Eilat, Israel, from 6-9 March, within the framework of the Ayelet Games.

Over 100 people from Israel, Great Britain, Denmark, Czech, Poland and Bulgaria tried the game directly next to the beach and the sea, under the supervision and instruction of Bulgarian National Team members, who explained the rules of Baseball5 before the games, advised the players and teams about both defensive and offensive tactics, and demonstrated their skills in the game.

Adults and youth teams played a total of 21 competitive games, including 9 with the participation of Bulgaria National Team, Baseball5 Balkan Champions in 2018. Besides, spectators, Ayelet staff members and athletes from other sports participated in eight demonstration games, allowing them to enjoy a successful first-ever baseball softball experience, through the new WBSC street discipline.

The Baseball5 field was set up in the promenade of Eliat, a beautiful resort town on the Red Sea, located 248 kms away from Jerusalem, right at the southern tip of Israel.

]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/israel-softball-association-holds-baseball5-event-eilat/feed/0Italy’s Women’s Softball Teams to face Peru from March 24 to 27 in Saronnohttps://www.mister-baseball.com/italys-womens-softball-teams-face-peru-march-24-27-saronno/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/italys-womens-softball-teams-face-peru-march-24-27-saronno/#respondFri, 15 Mar 2019 16:11:09 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50743Italy’s Women’s and U19 Women’s Softball National Teams will square off in a series of exhibition games against Peru between March 24 and 27 in Saronno, Italy. Manager Enrico Obletter invited 17 women’s softball national team players and 20 U19 women’s softball national team players to the training camp.

Roster:

Women’s Team:

BASSI CHIARA

ASD BUSSOLENGO SOFTBALL

BETTINSOLI VALERIA

SARONNO SOFTBALL ASD

BIGATTON LAURA

BOLLATE SOFTBALL

BIROCCI LISA ANN

SARONNO SOFTBALL ASD

BRANDI PRISCILLA

POL. DIL. CALI ROMA XIII

CACCIAMANI ILARIA

SOFTBALL CLUB FORLI’ A.S.D.

CECCHETTI GRETA

BOLLATE SOFTBALL

CECCHETTI LARA

BOLLATE SOFTBALL

GASPAROTTO MARTA

ASD BUSSOLENGO SOFTBALL

LONGHI GIULIA

POL. DIL. CALI ROMA XIII

MARRONE FABRIZIA

SARONNO SOFTBALL ASD

NICOLINI ALICE

SARONNO SOFTBALL ASD

OLIVETI LUNA

PIANORO SOFTBALL ASD

PIANCASTELLI ERIKA

SOFTBALL CLUB FORLI’ A.S.D.

PRINCIC ELISA

ASD BUSSOLENGO SOFTBALL

ROTONDO ALESSANDRA

SARONNO SOFTBALL ASD

VIGNA LAURA

ASD BUSSOLENGO SOFTBALL

U19 Team:

BENVENUTI GAIA

A.S.D. SESTESE SOFTBALL CLUB

CAMISASCA SARA

BOLLATE SOFTBALL

CARLETTI FLAVIA

ASD SESTESE SOFTBALL CLUB

CIANFRIGLIA SARA

ASD BUSSOLENGO SOFTBALL

COLONNA ALESSIA

US GIOVANILE COLLECCHIO SOFTBALL ASD

CUMERO FRANCESCA

ASD STARS RONCHI SOFTBALL CLUB

DI MATTEO MARTINA

BOLLATE SOFTBALL

FABBIAN SOFIA

THUNDERS & DRAGONS – BASEBALL ASD CASTELLANA

GERBELLA SILVIA

US GIOVANILE COLLECCHIO SOFTBALL ASD

GIACOMETTI NOEMI

THUNDERS & DRAGONS – BASEBALL ASD CASTELLANA

MARAZZI CHIARA

BOLLATE SOFTBALL 1969 ASD

MELEGARI ALESSIA

US GIOVANILE COLLECCHIO SOFTBALL ASD

MILANO MAYA

PIANORO SOFTBALL ASD

NICOLINI ARIANNA

SARONNO SOFTBALL ASD

PRINCIC ELISA

ASD BUSSOLENGO SOFTBALL

ROTONDO ALESSANDRA

SARONNO SOFTBALL ASD

RUSCONI CHIARA

ASD BJ BOVISIO MASCIAGO BASEBALL SOFTBALL

SLAWITZ ELENA

OLD PARMA BASEBALL SOFTBALL CLUB ASD

SOLDI SUSANNA

ASD BUSSOLENGO SOFTBALL

TELO’ GIORGIA

POL. DIL. CALI ROMA XIII

]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/italys-womens-softball-teams-face-peru-march-24-27-saronno/feed/0Mount Saint Guibert Phoenix add Brendan Campbell, Judah Wollenberg among othershttps://www.mister-baseball.com/mount-saint-guibert-phoenix-add-brendan-campbell-judah-wollenberg/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/mount-saint-guibert-phoenix-add-brendan-campbell-judah-wollenberg/#respondFri, 15 Mar 2019 14:10:11 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50741The Mount Saint Guibert Phoenix (formerly known as LLN Phoenix) of the Belgian Golden League in Baseball added import players Brendan Campbell and Judah Wollenberg for the 2019 season. Campbell is a catcher coming from La Verne University in California. Wollenburg is a middle infielder, who played in the California Winter League. Last year’s import pitcher Jamie Flynn is returning for a second season. All three imports will also serve as coaches for the youth program of the club.

Additionally Elvis Polanco and Alejandro Limonta Padilla will be on the roster for Phoenix in 2019. Meanwhile last year’s import players Alex Hill and Mikal Hill won’t return. Also Kevin Desmedt and Clement Dupuis are no longer with the team.

BaseballSoftballUK has appointed Sam Haslam to a new post of Events and Facilities Manager.

Sam took up the position on 13 March, joining the organisation’s growing commercial team whose remit includes business development, marketing, events and facilities to help reduce reliance on Sport England funding.

His role will include developing and delivering an annual events strategy for the organisation, centered around high-quality indoor and outdoor competition events, and day-to-day management of BSUK’s National Baseball and Softball Complex at Farnham Park near Slough, the UK’s only fully purpose-built baseball and softball facility with four diamonds and more than 18,000 users per season.

Background

Originally from Stirling in Scotland, Sam Haslam earned a Masters degree at the University of Stirling and then worked for various organisations in Scotland, including Tennis Scotland, Falkirk Football Club and the Sportscotland Institute of Sport.

In 2012, he relocated to Surrey, where he has worked until recently with British Water Ski & Wakeboard, the national governing body for these sports, initially as Coaching and Training Programme Coordinator and then as Head of Business Development.

In those roles, Sam brought in record amounts of income for events at British Water Ski & Wakeboard, designed new site accreditation facility standards for the organisation and launched a Coaching Conference that attracted numerous sponsors and exhibitors and exceeded targets for delegate and club numbers.

Comment

Sam said, “I am extremely pleased to be given the opportunity to join the team at BaseballSoftballUK and to work with such a strong and forward-thinking organisation at what is a very exciting time for the sports. Over the years, I have enjoyed taking part in many different sports, including tennis, rugby, running, etc, and I’m an ex-British Team athlete in the sport of tournament water skiing and still continue to take part today. Now I’m looking forward to applying my experience to the growth of baseball/softball at a pivotal time for the sports.”

Joëlle Watkins, BSUK Head of Commercial, said “Sam’s extensive commercial and events-related experience within sports will go far towards delivering critical new and existing projects for BaseballSoftballUK. You can expect to see lots more of Sam at Farnham Park over the outdoor playing season!”

]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/baseball-softball-uk-appoints-sam-haslam-bsuk-events-facilities-manager/feed/0Brendan Jenkins signs with Templiers Senarthttps://www.mister-baseball.com/brendan-jenkins-signs-templiers-senart/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/brendan-jenkins-signs-templiers-senart/#respondFri, 15 Mar 2019 10:08:37 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50737The Templiers Senart have also signed US-American Brendan Jenkins for the 2019 season in the French Division I. He attended Cuesta College and the University of San Francisco. The right-handed pitcher also can be used as first baseman and in the outfield. He is the fourth import player after Daniel Jackson, Jay Rivera and Carlos Belonis for the Templiers.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/brendan-jenkins-signs-templiers-senart/feed/0Coup for Draci Brno, as they sign former Major Leaguer Peter Moylanhttps://www.mister-baseball.com/coup-draci-brno-sign-major-leaguer-peter-moylan/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/coup-draci-brno-sign-major-leaguer-peter-moylan/#respondFri, 15 Mar 2019 08:42:22 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50747A couple of weeks 40-year-old Australian reliever Peter Moylan announced that he is retiring from Major League Baseball and that he is continuing his career in Italy. Now he is going to play in the Czech Extraleague for Draci Brno. The right-hander got in contact with Draci through Brno’s pitching coach John Hussey a fellow Australian. Moylan had been pitching in the big leagues since 2006. He is continuing playing to make the roster for the Australian National Team, trying to qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020. He had an ERA of 3.10 in 499 MLB games for the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers and Kansas City Royals.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/coup-draci-brno-sign-major-leaguer-peter-moylan/feed/0MLB, MLBPA Announce On-Field Agreement; Series of Changes Will Go Into Effect Over Next Two Seasonshttps://www.mister-baseball.com/mlb-mlbpa-announce-onfield-agreement-series-effect-seasons/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/mlb-mlbpa-announce-onfield-agreement-series-effect-seasons/#respondThu, 14 Mar 2019 19:30:27 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50745Press release Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association today jointly announced a series of rule changes that will go into effect over the next two seasons. The agreement is subject to ratification by the 30 Clubs.

As part of the agreement, the parties will meet and discuss a renegotiation and extension of the Basic Agreement, and the Office of the Commissioner has agreed to not implement a pitch timer for the remainder of the current Basic Agreement.

The changes effective for the 2019 season include the following:

Inning Breaks: Subject to discussions with broadcast partners, inning breaks will be reduced from 2:05 to 2:00 in local games, and from 2:25 to 2:00 in national games. (The Office of the Commissioner retains the right to reduce the inning breaks to 1:55 in local and national games for the 2020 season.)

Mound Visits: The maximum number of mound visits per team will be reduced from six to five.

Trade Deadline: The trade deadline will remain July 31st; however, trade waivers will be eliminated. Players may be placed and claimed on outright waivers after July 31st, but players may not be traded after that date.

Joint Committee: MLB and the MLBPA will form a joint committee to study other potential changes.

All-Star Game:

All-Star Game fan voting will be conducted in two rounds. During the “Primary Round,” each Club will nominate one player per eligible position (three outfielders), who will be voted on by fans. In late June or early July, an “Election Day” will be held in which the top three vote-getters at each position in each League during the Primary Round (including the top nine outfielders) will be voted on by fans during a prescribed time period to determine the All-Star Game starters. Further details on the new fan voting format will be announced in April.

All-Star bonus payments will be given to the top three vote-getters at each position in each League during the Primary Round (top six for outfielders). Additionally, the prize money awarded to players on the winning All-Star team will be increased beginning with the 2019 All-Star Game.

Both Clubs will start the 10th inning of the All-Star Game, and each subsequent inning, with a runner on second base (re-entry substitutions allowed for runners).

Home Run Derby: Total player prize money for the Home Run Derby will be increased to $2.5 million. The winner of the Home Run Derby will receive $1 million.

The changes effective for the 2020 season include the following:

Active Roster Provisions:

The active roster limit from Opening Day through August 31st and in Postseason games will increase from 25 to 26, and the minimum number of active players will increase from 24 to 25. The current Major League Rules allowing for a 26th player for doubleheaders will be amended to allow for a 27th player.

Elimination of 40-man active roster limit in September. From September 1st through the end of the championship season, all Clubs must carry 28 players on the active roster.

The number of pitchers a Club may carry on the active roster will be capped at a number determined by the joint committee. Clubs must designate each of its players as either a pitcher or a position player prior to each player’s first day on the active roster for a given season. That designation will remain in effect for the player, and cannot change, for the remainder of the championship season and Postseason. No player on the active roster other than those designated as pitchers by the Club may appear in a championship season or Postseason game as a pitcher except in the following scenarios:

Players designated as a “Two-Way Player.” A player qualifies as a “Two-Way Player” only if he accrues at least 20 Major League innings pitched and at least 20 Major League games started as a position player or designated hitter (with at least three plate appearances in each of those games) in either the current championship season or the prior championship season;

Following the ninth inning of an extra-inning game; or

In any game in which his team is losing or winning by more than six runs when the player enters as a pitcher.

Minimum Number of Batters for Pitchers: The Office of the Commissioner will implement an amended Official Baseball Rule 5.10(g) requiring that starting pitchers and relief pitchers must pitch to either a minimum of three batters or the end of a half-inning (with exceptions for incapacitating injury or illness). The Players Association has agreed that it will not grieve or otherwise challenge the Office of the Commissioner’s implementation of the amended Rule 5.10(g).

Injured List and Option Period for Pitchers: Subject to input from the joint committee, the minimum placement period for pitchers on the Injured List shall increase from 10 days to 15 days, and the minimum assignment period of pitchers who are optionally assigned to the minors will increase from 10 days to 15 days.

]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/mlb-mlbpa-announce-onfield-agreement-series-effect-seasons/feed/0Jeff Barto joining Nada SM Split / Andrew Jones coming backhttps://www.mister-baseball.com/jeff-barto-joining-nada-sm-split-andrew-jones-coming/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/jeff-barto-joining-nada-sm-split-andrew-jones-coming/#respondThu, 14 Mar 2019 16:08:03 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50735After three seasons in the Czech Extraleague Jeff Barto is joining Nada SM Split in Croatia. The US-American pitcher had an ERA of 2.20 in 65 1/3 innings for Cardion Hrosi Brno last year. Meanwhile Andrew Jones is coming back to Split after playing for BC Zagreb last season. The US-American catcher already played for Nada during the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/jeff-barto-joining-nada-sm-split-andrew-jones-coming/feed/0Solingen Alligators add Gerwuins Velazcohttps://www.mister-baseball.com/solingen-alligators-add-gerwuins-velazco/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/solingen-alligators-add-gerwuins-velazco/#respondThu, 14 Mar 2019 14:06:18 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50729The Solingen Alligators have signed 27-year-old catcher Gerwuins Velazco. The Venezuelan is coming from the Rouen Huskies to the German Baseball-Bundesliga club. The Alligators already had added Swedish national team pitcher Jakob Syren from the De Glaskoning Twins in Oosterhout. Meanwhile Wilson Lee, Lars Anderson and Naoki Abe have left the team. Other key players like Daniel Sanchez, Ben Andrews, Giovanni Tensen, Nils Hartkopf and Dustin Hughes all return. Player-manager Wayne Ough will serve as starting pitcher in game two each week.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/solingen-alligators-add-gerwuins-velazco/feed/0Unipol Bologna signs Alex Rodriguez for 2019 seasonhttps://www.mister-baseball.com/unipol-bologna-signs-alex-rodriguez-2019-season/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/unipol-bologna-signs-alex-rodriguez-2019-season/#respondThu, 14 Mar 2019 12:07:32 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50733Unipol Bologna has signed 25-year-old Curacao native Alex Rodriguez for the 2019 season in the Italian Serie A1. The former minor leaguer with the Colorado Rockies and Tampa Bay Rays organizations participated in the Little League World Series and the Junior League World Series for Curacao. Last year the first baseman suited up for Sta Maria Pirates in his home country.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/unipol-bologna-signs-alex-rodriguez-2019-season/feed/0Trebic Nuclears add Gillespie, Erb, Lindsay and Floreshttps://www.mister-baseball.com/trebic-nuclears-add-gillespie-erb-lindsay-flores/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/trebic-nuclears-add-gillespie-erb-lindsay-flores/#respondThu, 14 Mar 2019 10:07:25 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50731The Trebic Nuclears are adding four US-American players for the 2019 season in the Czech Extraleague. Pitchers Dalton Erb and Jose Flores are supposed to strengthen the pitching staff. Catcher Marc Lindsay and corner infielder Brent Gillespie are asked to provide offensive strength to the team.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/trebic-nuclears-add-gillespie-erb-lindsay-flores/feed/0Great Britain’s U18 Women’s Softball National Team needs Manager for Canada Cuphttps://www.mister-baseball.com/great-britains-u18-womens-softball-national-team-manager-canada-cup/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/great-britains-u18-womens-softball-national-team-manager-canada-cup/#respondWed, 13 Mar 2019 15:42:01 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50726by British Softball Federation, www.britishsoftball.org

The GB Under-18 Women’s Fastpitch Team is looking for a Team Manager to accompany the team to the Canada Cup in Surrey, British Columbia this summer.

The GB Under-18s will be competing in the Futures Gold Division at the Canada Cup, and will be in Canada from 3-15 July. The first few days will consist of training and warm-up matches, and the tournament itself will be played from 8-14 July.

Two other GB Women’s Teams — the GB Under-16s and the GB Under-22s — will also be competing at the Canada Cup in the same time frame, and many of the pre-tournament logistics for all three teams are already in hand. So the main role of the Under-18 Women’s Team Manager will be to support the team, which will be led by Head Coach Robbie Robison, while in Canada.

All expenses connected with attending the tournament will be covered.

For more information about what the role will entail, please contact GB Management Committee member Bob Fromer.

To apply for the role of the GB Under-18 Women’s Team Manager for this tournament, please complete this form.

TAIPEI CITY — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) unveiled the competing National Teams, including the wild card, and the Opening Round groups of the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup® 2019, which will be hosted by the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (CTBA) from 26 July to 4 August in Tainan City.

The WBSC awarded Fiji the lone wild card into the fifth edition of the U-12 Baseball World Cup, marking Fiji’s first-ever entry into a Baseball World Cup. Fiji will join the world’s best 11 youth baseball teams and compete For the Title of World Champion in the U-12 category (11 to 12 years old).

The U-12 Baseball World Cup will move into its new home this July, the US$ 130 million-dollar Tainan Asia Pacific Stadiums, which are set to be completed by the city in June. The state-of-the-art facility will not only be the stage but also a key element of the U-12 Baseball World Cup brand identity through the next five editions (2019, 2021, 2023, 2025 and 2027).

“The new home of the U-12 Baseball World Cup in Tainan — which will be the stage of the best 11- and 12-year-old baseball players in the world — will be among the very best and most iconic facilities ever offered to talented young athletes of this age, boosting the U-12 Baseball World Cup into a category of one of the most prestigious youth events in sports,” said WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari.

Groups

Current U-12 Asian champions Chinese Taipei will highlight Group A, along with the National Teams of top-ranked Japan, Czech Republic, South Africa, Cuba and Fiji.

Three-time defending U-12 world champions USA will lead Group B, along with Mexico (2017 bronze medallists), Korea, Australia, Venezuela and Italy.

The top three teams from each group will advance to go head to head in the Super Round from 1-3 August. Super Round teams will carry over their opening-round records against each other, with wins and/or losses against teams eliminated in the first round removed. The first- and second-place teams in the Super Round standings will compete in the Final on Sunday, 4 August, while the third- and fourth-place teams will play for the bronze medal.

The official website of the V WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup has been officially launched in six languages at u12worldcup.wbsc.org, with the tournament website available in English, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Traditional Chinese

Neptunus president Geoffrey Kohl (50) decided on Monday to step down due to heavy work load. The former left handed pitcher in Hoofdklasse and in Netherlands national team appeared in Dutch baseball news items last week, because his father Huub Kohl died at the age of 73 after a long desease. Geoffrey Kohl was president since September 2015, but his frequent business traveling across the world does not allow him to continue his baseball club presidency any longer. For time being Frans van Aalen will take over club president’s duties, according to this evening press release by Neptunus media representative Michel Streur. The club’s website specifies that Kohl is to remain in the board as a general member. Curacao Neptunus this season will defend their European and national club championship titles.

The PONY European Zone and the organizing host Prague Eagles announced today the game schedules for the 2019 Pony & Colt European Zone Championships. April 25-28 at the Prague Eagles Baseball & Softball Complex in Prague, Czech Republic, the top PONY Baseball and Girls Softball teams from all over Europe will compete for four Zone titles and automatic bids to PONY’s World Series events. You can view the schedules below for Pony 14U baseball and girls softball and Colt 16U baseball and girls softball:

The Netherlands’ teams hope to repeat as PONY European Zone Champions, after sweeping the titles in Pony and Colt baseball and Colt softball a year ago. The Netherlands also won the tournament’s baseball Zone titles in 2017. It is the inaugural year for the Pony 14U girls softball division.

]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/schedules-released-2019-pony-colt-european-zone-championships/feed/0New President, Executive Board for German Baseball and Softball Federationhttps://www.mister-baseball.com/president-executive-board-german-baseball-softball-federation/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/president-executive-board-german-baseball-softball-federation/#respondSun, 10 Mar 2019 14:30:01 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50710Juergen Elsishans is the new president for the German Baseball and Softball Federation (DBV). He is succeeding Mirko Heid at the helm of the DBV, who was not running for a third term. Elsishans was already on the executive board as a vice president.

During the general assembly of the DBV on Saturday, March 9 he defeated Martin Nixdorf during the election. He is also second vice president and chairman of the technical commission for the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB).

Also elected to the executive board of the DBV were Uwe Sacherer, Markus Pollmeier, Nicole Broziewski, Tobias Dietrich and Oliver Rossius.

Photo: DBV

]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/president-executive-board-german-baseball-softball-federation/feed/0Simon Emanuelsson from Leksand to Dohrenhttps://www.mister-baseball.com/simon-emanuelsson-leksand-dohren/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/simon-emanuelsson-leksand-dohren/#respondSun, 10 Mar 2019 11:30:25 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50713Swedish national team player Simon Emanuelsson is going to transfer from the Leksand Lumberjacks in Sweden to the Dohren Wild Farmers in Germany. The 28-year-old batted .360/.496/.443 in the Swedish Elitserien in 2019. Dohren also added JP Stevenson and Jeremy Wagner this offseason. Caleb Fenimore will serve as new manager after David Wohlgemuth departed for the Hamburg Stealers.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/simon-emanuelsson-leksand-dohren/feed/0MLB, Atlantic League Announce Experimental Playing Rules & Equipment Changes for 2019https://www.mister-baseball.com/mlb-atlantic-league-announce-experimental-playing-rules-equipment-2019/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/mlb-atlantic-league-announce-experimental-playing-rules-equipment-2019/#respondSun, 10 Mar 2019 07:24:11 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50708Press release Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB) announced today the experimental playing rules and equipment that will be in place during the 2019 Atlantic League Championship Season. The list of changes is as follows:

Home plate umpire assisted in calling balls and strikes by a TrackMan radar tracking system

No mound visits permitted by players or coaches other than for pitching changes or medical issues

Pitchers must face a minimum of three batters, or reach the end of an inning before they exit the game, unless the pitcher becomes injured

Increase size of first, second and third base from 15 inches square to 18 inches square

Require two infielders to be on each side of second base when a pitch is released (if not, the ball is dead and the umpire shall call a ball)

Time between innings and pitching changes reduced from 2:05 to 1:45

Distance from pitching rubber to home plate extended 24 inches, in the second half of the season only; with no change to mound height or slope

MLB will analyze the effects of these changes before deciding on potential additional modifications during the 2019 ALPB All-Star Break and in future seasons.

“This first group of experimental changes is designed to create more balls in play, defensive action, baserunning, and improve player safety,” said Morgan Sword, MLB’s Senior Vice President, League Economics & Operations. “We look forward to seeing them in action in the Atlantic League.”

“Players sign in the Atlantic League for the Major League Baseball showcase opportunity it offers,” said Rick White, ALPB President. “We are excited to see that showcase grow exponentially, while working with MLB on initiatives critical to the future of the game.”

The experimental playing rule and equipment changes are part of a new three-year agreement between MLB and ALPB. The agreement covers the transfer of players from ALPB to MLB and enhances MLB’s scouting coverage of ALPB games. MLB will provide statistical and radar tracking data from ALPB games to MLB Clubs.

]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/mlb-atlantic-league-announce-experimental-playing-rules-equipment-2019/feed/0Dohren Wild Farmers sign LHP JP Stevensonhttps://www.mister-baseball.com/dohren-wild-farmers-sign-lhp-jp-stevenson/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/dohren-wild-farmers-sign-lhp-jp-stevenson/#respondFri, 08 Mar 2019 14:31:23 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50705The German Baseball-Bundesliga club Dohren Wild Farmers have signed left-handed pitcher JP Stevenson for the 2019 season. The 22-year-old is from Charlottetown, Canada. He is a former member of the Canadian Junior National Team and attended Vauxhall Academy and Canisius College in Buffalo. He also played in the Can Am League with Quebec. He will succeed Darren Lauer as game-two pitcher in Dohren, who transferred to the Hamburg Stealers this offseason.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/dohren-wild-farmers-sign-lhp-jp-stevenson/feed/0Invitation to 1st International Softball Panthers Cup in Wittenbach, Switzerlandhttps://www.mister-baseball.com/invitation-1st-international-softball-panthers-cup-wittenbach-switzerland/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/invitation-1st-international-softball-panthers-cup-wittenbach-switzerland/#respondFri, 08 Mar 2019 12:30:07 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50703By Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation

Help celebrate the brand-new softball field in Wittenbach, Switzerland

May 31st to June 2nd 2019

GENERAL

The Swiss Softball National Teams together with the local Panthers Softball Club would like to invite you to participate in our inaugural International Panthers Cup that will take place from Friday, May 31st to Sunday, June 2nd 2019. Since
Thursday, May 30th is a holiday (Ascension Thursday), teams may wish to travel on this day. The invitational tournament will have 5-6 Fastpitch Softball Teams.

Both the Elite Swiss National Team and the U22 Swiss National Team will participate and use this great opportunity to prepare for upcoming international tournaments.

This tournament will be the first international tournament held in Switzerland that will be played on a field with international dimensions and a full dirt infield.

]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/invitation-1st-international-softball-panthers-cup-wittenbach-switzerland/feed/0Zach Wilson joining Draci Brnohttps://www.mister-baseball.com/zach-wilson-joining-draci-brno/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/zach-wilson-joining-draci-brno/#respondFri, 08 Mar 2019 08:29:41 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50701Former minor leaguer Zach Wilson is joining Draci Brno in the Czech Extraleague. The 28-year-old Long Beach, California native is a corner infielder and designated hitter. Between 2011 and 2014 he suited up for various minor league teams of the New York Yankees. After his release from affiliated minor league ball he played in independent leagues and in Australia. Last year he split time between York and Quebec.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/zach-wilson-joining-draci-brno/feed/0Fun at Bat’ Program to be Implemented by all Elementary Schools in Puerto Ricohttps://www.mister-baseball.com/fun-bat-program-implemented-elementary-schools-puerto-rico/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/fun-bat-program-implemented-elementary-schools-puerto-rico/#respondThu, 07 Mar 2019 20:14:11 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50699Press release Major League Baseball

SALINAS, PUERTO RICO – Major League Baseball and USA Baseball announced that “Fun At Bat” (www.funatbat.org), the bat-and-ball program designed for use in elementary school physical education (P.E.) classes throughout the United States, will now be available to all elementary school students in Puerto Rico. The program, which is currently reaching more than one million children in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., will be administered by the Puerto Rico Department of Education to serve nearly 90,000 young students throughout the island. Long time MLB and USA Baseball partner, Franklin Sports, has created custom Fun At Bat Baseball equipment to help activate this program since its inception in 2016. Baseball Hall of Famer and MLB special consultant in Puerto Rico Roberto Alomar as well as the Puerto Rico Baseball Federation are supporting the initiative.

A joint MLB and USA Baseball youth program, Fun At Bat promotes fun and active lifestyles for children, while also teaching the fundamental skills of bat-and-ball sports. The program, available in English and Spanish, also includes a literacy component focusing on character development and teaching traits such as leadership, teamwork and fair play. Fun At Bat is part of the PLAY BALL initiative (www.PlayBall.org) – the sport’s largest collective effort to encourage young people to participate in baseball- or softball-related activities, including formal and casual forms of play. Since its launch in 2015, the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) has reported a 52.8 percent increase in casual baseball participation.

“Puerto Rico has proven to be one of our sport’s greatest sources of talent and passion over the years, and now we are excited to bolster both the expansion of this grassroots ‘Fun At Bat’ initiative to the Island,” said Tony Reagins, Executive Vice President of Baseball & Softball Development, Major League Baseball. “One of our main goals here at Major League Baseball is to make baseball and softball as accessible as possible. We are confident that the presence of this energetic and introductory program will further ensure that youth from Puerto Rico will have direct and regular opportunities to play the game.”

“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to deliver this program to students across Puerto Rico,” said Rick Riccobono, USA Baseball’s Chief Development Officer. “Fun At Bat is the fastest growing bat-and-ball program in the world. With its comprehensive curriculum and fun-first approach, it is the ideal way to be introducing kids and new participants to our great game.”

Julia Keleher, the Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Education said: “We thank USA Baseball and MLB for this partnership with the Department on an initiative that seeks to expose our children to sports through Fun At Bat. You can count on our commitment and collaboration, including the support of our excellent physical education teachers, to ensure this is a stimulating and enriching experience for our children. We are very pleased with the support USA Baseball and MLB has shown the Department and we know that we will continue to partner together on projects for the benefit of Puerto Rico’s students”.

Alomar said: “I’m proud to partner with Major League Baseball, USA Baseball, and the Department of Education in bringing the Fun At Bat program to the students of Puerto Rico. It’s an exciting initiative that will help grow the game of baseball by making it more accessible to the youth on the island.”

The expansion of Fun At Bat to Puerto Rico is just one of MLB’s latest efforts to provide baseball-centered education tools to young students across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Some of the educational initiatives and programs operated, in part, by MLB include: (a)“Breaking Barriers: In Sports, In Life,” which is co-administered with daughter of Jackie Robinson and MLB Educational Consultant Sharon Robinson and Scholastic, a bilingual program highlighted by an essay contest encouraging students to describe personal barriers they have overcome through the example of Jackie Robinson; (b) the partnership with Discovery Education to add dynamic new baseball-themed content to Science Techbooks with the goal of fueling deeper student engagement in science and STEM; and (c) the free baseball-themed education course the “Summer Slugger” aimed at preventing students from losing math and literacy skills during the summer break from school, a result of MLB’s and Everfi’s joint efforts.

Additionally, MLB has teamed up with ESPN on “Shred Hate,” a multi-faceted bullying prevention program that seeks to eliminate bullying by encouraging kids to choose kindness. As part of the program, No Bully, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that trains and gives schools the tools to activate student compassion as a method for eradicating bullying and cyberbullying, provides innovative, bullying prevention curriculum, and works directly with local school districts and cooperating schools. Shred Hate was launched with the X Games in 2017, and schools that have gone through the curriculum last year were able to reduce instances of bullying by 94%.

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https://www.mister-baseball.com/mainz-athletics-add-mike-blanke-tom-fitzgerald-bring-austin-gallagher/#respondThu, 07 Mar 2019 17:13:08 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50697The Mainz Athletics announced that they have signed Canadian catcher Mike Blanke and US-American pitcher Tom Fitzgerald. Blanke is a former minor leaguer with the Chicago White Sox. Fitzgerald is coming on recommendation of Austin Gallagher. The former minor leaguer will be back for a second season with the A’s. Additionally another pitcher will be coming, as James Watts, Shane Salley and Connor Little won’t return. Former German national team pitcher Mike Otto meanwhile is trying to make a comeback at the age of 37.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/mainz-athletics-add-mike-blanke-tom-fitzgerald-bring-austin-gallagher/feed/0Former Swedish National Team player Philip Gajzler with Comeback in Sundbyberghttps://www.mister-baseball.com/swedish-national-team-player-philip-gajzler-comeback-sundbyberg/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/swedish-national-team-player-philip-gajzler-comeback-sundbyberg/#respondThu, 07 Mar 2019 14:00:36 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50695Former Swedish National Team player Philip Gajzler is making a comeback. The 37-year-old is returning to the field to play for the Sundbyberg Heat in the Swedish Elitserien. He already played for the Heat in the Elitserien between 1997 and 2014, winning the championship in 2003 and 2006. With the Swedish national team he participated in eight European Championships and one Baseball World Cup.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/swedish-national-team-player-philip-gajzler-comeback-sundbyberg/feed/0Softball Ireland teams up with Baseball Softball UK for Coaching Partnershiphttps://www.mister-baseball.com/softball-ireland-teams-baseball-softball-uk-coaching-partnership/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/softball-ireland-teams-baseball-softball-uk-coaching-partnership/#respondThu, 07 Mar 2019 11:00:15 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50693By Softball Ireland, www.softball.ie

Softball Ireland are delighted to announce that it has entered into a coaching partnership with BaseballSoftballUK through which Softball Ireland will be able to access and utilise the Coach Education programme developed and delivered by BaseballSoftballUK to create a Softball Ireland Coach Education programme. The programme will be used as the foundation of a partnership that will see the development of Coach Education capability and capacity in Softball Ireland.

BSUK will provide an initial tutor training course for tutors identified and nominated to attend the course by Softball Ireland. This is intended to upskill tutors in Ireland to allow delivery of a Softball Ireland Coaching Education programme utilising BSUK Coach Education Programme content and resources to every club in Ireland.

Speaking on the partnership Softball Ireland President Colum Lavery said “Softball Ireland has identified that one of the key challenges to player retention is that we have no structured coaching programme for beginners and entry level players. Our partnership will allow us create a pathway that enables every Irish softball club to have at a minimum an activator level qualified coach by the end of the 2019 season. This is a very positive step for our support.”

“It is intended that by the end of 2019 as the programme rolls outs further, that we will have a number of coaches qualified to the highest level that can improve players at all standards across the game. Players are more likely to stay playing if they receive structured coaching.” added Lavery

The initial tutor group will consist of a number of national team coaches and individuals identified by Regional Committees. Softball Ireland will be encouraging the nomination of female coaches. Following the qualification of the tutors, Softball Ireland will host a number coaches courses to facilitate every team in Ireland qualifying at least one coach. Further details of the coaching programme will be announced in the coming weeks.

Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that the 30 Clubs have ratified a new, two-year player transfer agreement with the Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (LMB) – the first such agreement ever reached between MLB and the LMB. The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) has also approved the new agreement with the LMB. This agreement follows other recent protocol agreements between MLB and other baseball leagues around the world, including the NPB (Japan), KBO (Korea), CPBL (Taiwan), and FCB (Cuba).

Under the new agreement with the LMB, all players who are under contract to an LMB club will be eligible to sign with any MLB Club the off-season after the player qualifies as a “Foreign Professional” under MLB’s collective bargaining agreement with the MLBPA (i.e., at least 25 years old and six or more years of professional baseball experience abroad). LMB clubs may also release players to sign with MLB Clubs before they reach Foreign Professional status. An MLB Club that signs a player who is released by his LMB club will owe the LMB club a one-time release fee of 15% of the total guaranteed value of the contract, if the release LMB player signs a Major League contract, or 35% of the signing bonus, if the released LMB player signs a Minor League contract.

Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr. said: “Major League Baseball is pleased to further solidify its longstanding relationship with the LMB with this agreement. Mexico is an important market for our game, as demonstrated by our three series in Monterrey in the months ahead. We look forward to the opportunities to develop more Major League players and baseball fans in the country.”

Tony Clark, Executive Director of the MLBPA, said: “Mexican players past and present have looked forward to a time when there would be a fair and transparent path to pursue their dreams of playing Major League Baseball. This agreement provides for that.”

]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/mlb-reaches-agreement-mexican-baseball-league/feed/0Huub Kohl passed away at age 73https://www.mister-baseball.com/huub-kohl-passed-age-73/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/huub-kohl-passed-age-73/#respondWed, 06 Mar 2019 17:08:44 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50688Former player and coach Huub Kohl passed away at the age of 73 on February 28, 2019. The memorial and cremation service will be held on Thursday, March 7, at 11:30 AM at the Yardenhuis van Rotterdam at the Maeterlinckweg 101 in Rotterdam.

As a player he played for Sparta, Feyenoord and Haarlem Nicols in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. Later he would become a coach, winning the European Championship twice as member of the Dutch national team staff. A German citizen he played for the German national team in the 1969 and 1971 European Championships. He later also was an assistant coach for the German national team.

]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/huub-kohl-passed-age-73/feed/0Czech Women’s Softball National Team concludes Exhibition Game Trip to UShttps://www.mister-baseball.com/czech-womens-softball-national-team-concludes-exhibition-game-trip/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/czech-womens-softball-national-team-concludes-exhibition-game-trip/#respondWed, 06 Mar 2019 15:19:22 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50679The Czech Women’s Softball National Team concluded its spring training trip to the United States earlier this week. It was a successful preparation phase for the Czech Republic, as they went 13-6 (two ties) during the three-week tour. They scored 106 runs and allowed 66 during the 21 games, facing various college and university teams.
]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/czech-womens-softball-national-team-concludes-exhibition-game-trip/feed/02019 Catalunya Baseball Week U12 and U15https://www.mister-baseball.com/2019-catalunya-baseball-week-u12-u15/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/2019-catalunya-baseball-week-u12-u15/#respondWed, 06 Mar 2019 13:22:21 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50683By Baseball and Softball Federation Catalunya

SARASOTA-BRADENTON, Fla. — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced it has awarded the hosting rights of the U-18 Baseball World Cup® 2021 to USA Baseball and the cities of Sarasota and Bradenton, Florida. This marks the first time since Cape Cod and Fenway Park hosted the 1995 Junior World Championship that the top youth international baseball event will be held in the United States.

The announcement was made at a joint press conference held at the Powel Crosley Estate in Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida, featuring WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari, USA Baseball President Mike Gaski, USA Baseball Executive Director/CEO Paul Seiler, Pittsburgh Pirates President Frank Coonelly, Orioles-Sarasota Vice President David Rovine and representatives from Visit Sarasota County and the Bradenton Area Sports Commission.

The 30th edition of the U-18 Baseball World Cup will take place in September 2021 and feature the world’s best players from 12 countries in the U-18 category (16 to 18 years old). As the host nation, the USA Baseball U-18 National Team-the current four-time defending U-18 world champions-will be granted an automatic berth into the global tournament.

All 50 U-18 World Cup games will be played between Ed Smith Stadium and LECOM Park, the Spring Training homes for Major League Baseball’s Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates, respectively.

Team USA is the four-time defending U-18 Baseball World Cup champions (2012, 2013, 2015, 2017) and will look to win an unprecedented fifth consecutive world title at the 2019 U-18 Baseball World Cup that will be held in Gijang, Republic of Korea, from Friday, August 30 to Sunday, September 8, 2019.

“USA Baseball presented an excellent bid, vision and venue plan for one of youth sport’s most prestigious world championships, the U-18 Baseball World Cup,” said WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari. “The world’s best young players and next generation of superstars will have an iconic stage-the same stadiums where top professionals play and train-to perform and showcase their talents to the passionate fans in the stands and those watching across the world. While the sport of baseball has never been as global as it is today, there has never been a more opportune time to bring the U-18 Baseball World Cup back to the U.S., where baseball, together with softball, has furthered its position as the most practiced team sport, with participation numbers increasing over 20% to 25 million over the last five years, in the U.S. alone.”

“USA Baseball is honored to be selected to host the U-18 Baseball World Cup and we aim to provide a truly once-in-a-lifetime baseball experience to the athletes and fans who take part in this premier event,” said USA Baseball President Mike Gaski. “Our national pastime continues to be a major influence in the culture of the United States and we are proud to partner with the cities of Bradenton and Sarasota, Florida, to welcome the international baseball community to the birthplace of baseball.”

Sarasota and Bradenton are located south of Tampa Bay on Florida’s Gulf Coast, a region known for award-winning beaches and a long history of arts and culture. The two cities have jointly hosted numerous international youth and amateur sports competitions including the 2017 World Rowing Championships and the 2017-2018 International Triathlon World Cups.

“Visit Sarasota County and the Orioles are pleased to welcome some of the world’s top baseball players to our region for the 2021 U-18 Baseball World Cup,” said Visit Sarasota County President Virginia Haley. “We look forward to working with USA Baseball and the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau to produce a memorable, world-class experience for all participants.”

“We are thrilled to have been awarded the bid to host the World Baseball Softball Confederation U-18 Baseball World Cup in September 2021-one of the top youth championships in all of sports,” said Sean Walter, Director of Sports at the Bradenton Area Sports Commission. “Both the Bradenton Area and the Pittsburgh Pirates organization stand ready to provide the ideal setting for the world’s best players, who will go on to become future leaders in the sports industry.”

The successful staging of the 2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup in Thunder Bay, Canada, helped the Thunder Bay International Airport break its all-time monthly passenger record for the month of August, while generating a CAD 6.3 million economic impact on the city, as well as multi- millions in brand exposure for sponsors and commercial partners.

The U-18 Baseball World Cups, along with its continental qualifiers, have consistently featured players who have gone on to become some of the biggest names in the sport, such as Japan’s Yu Darvish and Shohei Ohtani; Korea’s Shin-soo Choo; Cuba’s Yasiel Puig and Aroldis Chapman; and the United States’ Clayton Kershaw, Bryce Harper, Manny Machado and Buster Posey.

For more information on the 2021 U-18 Baseball World Cup, visit SarasotaBradenton2021.com, or follow @SARBRAD2021 on Instagram and Twitter. Ticket information will be available in early 2020.

]]>https://www.mister-baseball.com/wbsc-awards-hosting-rights-2021-u18-baseball-world-cup-usa/feed/0Wes Roemer joining Arrows Ostrava for 2019 Seasonhttps://www.mister-baseball.com/wes-roemer-joining-arrows-ostrava-2019-season/
https://www.mister-baseball.com/wes-roemer-joining-arrows-ostrava-2019-season/#respondWed, 06 Mar 2019 09:19:16 +0000https://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=50677US-American pitcher Wesley Roemer is joining Arrows Ostrava. After one year with the Heidenheim Heidekoepfe and two years with Draci Brno it will be his fourth season in European Baseball. In Ostrava he will be reunited with his former teammate Terrell Joyce. Last year he had an ERA of 0.92 in 48 2/3 innings Draci Brno.
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